EP1326781B1 - Zerlegbare palette - Google Patents

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EP1326781B1
EP1326781B1 EP00993894A EP00993894A EP1326781B1 EP 1326781 B1 EP1326781 B1 EP 1326781B1 EP 00993894 A EP00993894 A EP 00993894A EP 00993894 A EP00993894 A EP 00993894A EP 1326781 B1 EP1326781 B1 EP 1326781B1
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  • This invention relates to a pallet according to the first part of claim 1.
  • Pallets or portable platforms which are commonly used for transporting and storing loads are made from wood, plastics materials, aluminium, steel and other similar materials.
  • Pallets are designed so that they form a base which defines openings to accept the forks of a fork-lift truck, while supporting the load off the ground. They are extensively used in the transport industry.
  • a pallet with the features of the first part of claim 1 is known.
  • This known pallet is made from a polymeric plastic material including a base element, a load bearing element and engagement means for releasably engaging the base element and the load bearing element with one another comprising a barb and a hole.
  • a deck board is pressed over the barb, whereby an interference fit is formed between the shaft of the barb and the hole of the deck board.
  • a head is formed on the shaft after the deck board is pressed over the barb.
  • a threaded bolt extends from out of the locating protrusion and is configured to, in use, pass through an opening in the receiving formation, whereby a nut is threaded onto the bolt so that the releasably engaged base element and load bearing element are secured together until they are required to be released.
  • the pallet is moulded from a polymeric plastics material, for example, HDPE or polypropylene.
  • the load bearing and base elements may be substantially of I-beam, C-beam or other high rigidity beam shape, with reinforcing webbing to permit a light yet strong element construction.
  • the webbing may be angularly disposed relative to the edges of the elements i.e. not parallel or perpendicular.
  • the webbing may be tapered from the inside outwards so that the webbing is thinner at the outer edge of the elements than the central portion so as to optimise the strength and weight of the elements.
  • the pallet may be provided in different colours linked to a colour coding key.
  • a specific colour pallet can be limited to use with a specific product to be transported thereon.
  • a pallet 10 comprises four base elements 12 and five load bearing elements 14, arranged at right angles to one another to form a grid, and a plurality of engagement means 16.
  • One engagement means 16 is located at each grid intersection.
  • the base elements 12 and the load bearing elements 14 are injection moulded from HDPE (a plastics material).
  • the base elements 12 are generally of I-beam construction with reinforcing webbing 13 which is strong so the pallet is rigid, but which is also light, resulting in a typical pallet of the invention weighing about 17 kg.
  • the base elements 12 each define two receiving areas 18 and 20 therein, within each of which a fork of a fork-lift truck (not shown) can be accommodated.
  • the edges of the base elements 12 adjacent the receiving areas 18 and 20 are bevelled a shown in Figure 2 to facilitate insertion of the forks into the apertures.
  • the webbing 13 is angularly disposed relative to the upper and lower edges of the elements i.e. not parallel or perpendicular as shown in Figures 2 and 4.
  • the base elements 12 also define recesses 22 therein within which the load bearing elements 14 are accommodated. Thus, a flat, flush load surface on which a load typically a container, can be placed and transported around is defined.
  • the base elements 12 and the load bearing elements 14 are separate units. They are releasably engageable with one another by the plurality of engagement means 16.
  • Each engagement means 16 includes a locating protrusion 17 and a receiving formation 19 provided on the base element 12 and the load bearing element 14 and configured such that the locating protrusion 17 and the receiving formation 19 form an interference fit when the base element and the load bearing element are releasably engaged.
  • the locating protrusions 17, in the form of tapered lugs, are conveniently provided on the base element 12 with the receiving formation, in the form of a cylindrical recess 19, being provided on the load bearing element 14 such that, when the base element and load bearing element are releasably engaged a load placed on the load bearing increases the strength of the interference fit.
  • a threaded bolt 21 is moulded into the base elements 12 and protrudes from out of the tapered lugs 17 so as to pass through an aperture 23 in the cylindrical recess in the load bearing element for securing the base element to the load bearing element.
  • a nut (not shown) is threaded onto the bolt thereby effecting the securing.
  • a cap 25 is placed over the nut and bolt where the bolt passes through the load bearing element thereby to provide the nut and bolt from damage and the weather.
  • the pallet 10 includes only two types of elements so that all the base elements are interchangeable and all the load bearing elements are interchangeable thereby to reduce the maintenance spares holding requirements.
  • the pallet 10 may include upwardly directed retaining elements for converting the pallet into a crate (not shown).
  • the upwardly directed retaining elements may be engageable to one or more of the base elements by means of the same engaging means used to engage the load bearing elements to the base elements.
  • the pallet may be provided in different colours linked to a colour coding key.
  • a specific colour pallet can be limited to use with a specific product to be transported thereon.
  • One surface 31 of the load bearing element 14 may be adapted to be complementary to a specific product to be transported on the pallet.
  • the surface is provided with drum base locating grooves 33 to enable drums to be transported to be located easily on the pallet.
  • the surface 31 is also provided with an slip resistant finish 35 to reduce the risk or the extent of items being transported being unintentionally displaced relative to the surface during transportation.
  • the pallet 10 is provided with a data transponder 40 for receiving and transmitting data regarding the pallet, the goods being transported on the pallet, the weight of the pallet when empty, the weight of the pallet when loaded, the dispatching party, the receiving party, or any other shipping information.
  • the data transponder may permit tracking of a pallet and/or the goods being transported from a remote location on a pallet for pallet basis.
  • the data transponder 40 is moulded into the base element 12 during the manufacture thereof.
  • the data transponder 40 is moulded into a portion of the base element which would require the destruction of the base element for removal of the transponder therefrom, for example, in a recess adjacent a central locating protrusion of the base element thereby requiring the weakest portion of the base element to be weakened to below operating parameters by forced removal of the data transponder.
  • the data transponder may be of the type available from Transponder technologies in South Africa.
  • the pallet including the data transponder permits the rapid entry and exit of loaded vehicles from loading facilities where manual counting and checking of pallets and their contents would no longer be required.

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  1. Palette (10) aus polymerem Kunststoffmaterial, wobei die genannte Palette (10) wenigstens ein Grundelement (12) aufweist sowie ein Trageelement (14) und Eingriffsteil(e) (16), um das Grundelement (12) und das Trageelement (14) lösbar miteinander in Eingriff zu bringen, wobei das Grundelement (12) eine Stütze zum Abstützen des Trageelementes (14) abgehoben vom Boden oder von einer Oberfläche bildet, auf der die Palette (10) steht und einen Aufnahmebereich (18) bildet, der neben der Stütze angeordnet ist, um eine Hebevorrichtung eines mechanischen Fahrzeugs aufzunehmen, und wobei das Trageelement (14) eine Ladestützfläche zur Stützung einer Ladung bildet, worin das Eingriffsteil (16) einen Lokallsierungsvorsprung (17) aufweist und eine Aufnahmeanordnung (19), die am Grundelement (12) und am Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) vorgesehen und so gestaltet ist, dass der Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) und die Aufnahmeanordnung (19) einen Presssitz bilden, wenn das Grundelement (12) und das Trageelement (14) lösbar in Eingriff gebracht sind, wobei der Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) als Ansatz ausgebildet ist, der aus der Elementoberfläche, auf der er angeordnet ist, hervorragt und der im Wesentlichen zylindrisch, polygonal oder gerändelt ausgebildet ist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich ein Gewindebolzen (21) aus dem Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) heraus erstreckt und so gestaltet ist, dass er bei der Anwendung eine Öffnung in der Aufnahmeanordnung (19) durchläuft, wobei eine Mutter auf den Bolzen (21) aufgeschraubt ist, so dass das lösbar in Eingriff gebrachte Grundelement (12) und das Trageelement (14) aneinander befestigt sind, bis sie wieder voneinander gelöst werden sollen und worin der Gewindebolzen (21) in das Grundelement (12) eingeformt ist.
  2. Palette (10) gemäß Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sich der Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) vom Element, auf dem er angeordnet ist, wegwärts verjüngt.
  3. Palette (10) gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahmeanordnung (19) eine zylindrische Öffnung oder eine Vertiefung bildet, die so dimensioniert ist, dass sie in der Anwendung den Lokatisierungsvorsprung (17) an der Verjüngung entlang kreuzt, wodurch der Passsitz zustande kommt.
  4. Palette (10) gemäß Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Aufnahmeanordnung (19) als konisch verlaufende Vertiefung oder Öffnung mit einem Verjüngungswinkel ausgebildet ist, der sich vom Lokalisierungsvorsprung (17) unterscheidet, wodurch der Passsitz zustande kommt.
  5. Palette (10) gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Außendurchmesser des Lokalisierungsvorsprungs (17) genau so groß ist wie der Innendurchmesser der Aufnahmeanordnung (19), wenigstens über einen Teil seiner Erstreckung, wodurch der Passsitz zustande kommt.
  6. Palette (10) gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass Ausrichtungsansätze (27) und Aufnahmeanordnungen (29) für die Ausrichtungsansätze vorgesehen sind, um eine einfache Ausrichtung und Verankerung der Elemente zueinander während des Zusammenbaus der Palette (10) zu ermöglichen.
  7. Palette (10) gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, welche nur zwei Elementarten umfasst, so dass alle Grundelemente (12) gegeneinander austauschbar sind und alle Trageelemente (14) miteinander austauschbar sind, um somit den Bedarf an Ersatzteilhaltung zu reduzieren.
  8. Palette (10) gemäß einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, worin die Palette (10) in verschiedenen Farben vorgesehen ist, die einem Farbcodierungsschlüssel entsprechen.
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